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Free Money for Student Tech Founders

David Teten VC

We have collected a wide range of freebies, contests, accelerators, online communities, and VCs designed for student tech founders. You could also live in a local “hacker house” for community support, e.g., Edyfi , The Garden , or Womxn Ignite. 4) Student-focused founder communities. Right here. school of engineering).

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Year in review: Best of 2012

Tomasz Tunguz

About three years ago, I started journaling my startup education by blogging. Blogging helps me some observe changes in the start-up ecosystem, communicate trends primarily through data while strengthening and building relationships. During that time, a small community has grown around the blog for which I’m very grateful.

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Alphabet’s Intrinsic acquires DARPA-backed firm behind open source robotics software

TechCrunch

In a blog post announcing the acquisition, Gerkey assures that there won’t be any disruption in day-to-day activities with respect to OSRF’s oversight of the ROS robotics middleware, the Gazebo 3D robotics simulator and Open-RMF. “Our mission is to democratize access to robotics.

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20 Women Entrepreneurs Changing Their Industries (and the World)

Entrepreneurs' Organization

And while there’s a long way to go in terms of workplace equality, women entrepreneurs are making their mark on their industries and communities now more than ever. In 2012, Girls Who Code launched, teaching girls computer programming. Boys outnumbered girls by a wide margin. Katrina Lake / Stitch Fix. Payal Kadakia / Classpass.

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What the Past Can Tell Us About the Future of Social Networking

Both Sides of the Table

Other people were in the online community called “ The Well &# (founded in 1985). We were looking for what I call the “6 C’s of Social Networking&# – Communications, connectedness, common experiences, content, commerce & cool experiences (fun!). I predict this will come before the end of 2012.

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Silicon Valley is a surprisingly clubby ecosystem: FC's Alex Mittal

FundersClub

’ It’s that line of thinking that leads people to create disruptive companies, to solve problems that were thought to be intractable. I remember in 2012, Brian Armstrong, the founder of Coinbase, which we're now backers of, sent me a Bitcoin. But that's really where it started back in 2012. Digital cash.

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Doing well by doing good: Impact investing & the OurCrowd Impact Fund

OurCrowd

Investment can help solve problems facing communities, regions and the world. Climate change, growing financial inequality, lack of access to education for billions and lack of food and water security are among the problems that plague society. Spending on medical care reached an astounding $3.5